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Dan Dan Noodles. Nice Chinese pulled noodles with an oily chili sauce and minced pork. These were mouth numbingly hot, but incredibly flavorful and one of most memorable dishes for me. I could have at the whole bowl on my own.
Lamb Ribs - Dry rubbed and flash fried. Tossed with Chilies and more dry spices. Fantastically addicting.
Eggplant as stated on the last review was wonderful even to someone who doesn't really like eggplant.
Green Beans with chopped pork. They are the ones in the pictures. Lightly pan fried and tossed with chili oil and chopped pork. The smokiness from the slight char on the green beans mixed with the chewiness of the pork was simple yet inspiring.
The last reviewer's description of the water boiled fish was spot on. But I must reiterate how fantastic this dish was. There is a depth to the sweet and sour broth that makes you go back for more and more trying to figure out the different notes. Super spicy, but yet balanced with a different kind of Chinese sprout and a bit of Shiso. Wonderfully complex and even gets better as it cools. The fish was clean, fresh, and delicate cooked.
A few members of our group speak Cantonese and talked to the chef for quite some time, before, during, and after the meal. They did indeed fly 2 chefs in for this restaurant and it seems to have paid off. The 2 do every single bit of preparation themselves with no help, and have friendly rivalry going in the kitchen. It makes for an amazing back and forth through the entire meal, with each dish better than the next. By the end of the meal we were even invited to take a peek in the tiny kitchen.
And o what a tiny kitchen it was. (for a kitchen in Phoenix). The kitchen is super tiny, the building is pretty beat up, but everything is impeccably clean, and the cuisine was honestly some of the best I've had outside of China
All in all we spent 3 hours at this place. We had around 25 beers, and 25 dishes, ALL for a whopping total of $25 a piece, including tip!!!
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